atk007

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[–] atk007@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Not a bad idea, but I was thinking of giving my PC to a younger sibling with a cheaper GPU, so get them into PC gaming so they stop bothering me for switch 2.

The only reason I am tempted by the above is because of their smaller brick size.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Not a bad idea, but I was thinking of giving my PC to a younger sibling with a cheaper GPU, so get them into PC gaming so they stop bothering me for switch 2.

The only reason I am tempted by the above is because of their smaller brick size.

 

Well I have been using an old gaming PC as NAS after it's GPU died, and even though it has served me greatly, it's a power hog. Also CPU is pretty old to do any transcoding or AI stuff. I have scored a mini PC with Intel N5105 for free, and its quite power efficient. Also it doesn't have SATA, but two nvme m2 slots, one of which can work with these m2 Sata adapters (asm1166 chip with 6 SATA ports). Now minipc obviously can't power up the 5 hardrives, all 3.5" SATA, so I need an external power supply. minipc got it's own adapter brick, so is there a similar adapter that can work for drives, or I have to get a PSU. But then again, If I am getting a PSU, I wonder if I could power the MiniPC off it as well.

I did came across this , and was wondering if this could be that would work for me.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Company is called Enabot. They make these bots.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Proud of you man. Growing up didn't have dad around, so I remember being embarrassed when my school mates were talking about shaving. Then out of the blue, one of my uncles gifted me this gift pack of razors, and went on to explain how to do it. Also explained why you need to separate razors for pubic hair from other uses anywhere else.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Then there is me and my wife, who are still interacting with our cats at home from the underground metro, using Ebo, a small bot with cat toys and laser pointer attached, that can be controlled with our phone, and has camera and mic/speakers.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You think Americans can't change, just look at German Automakers. They are stuck in Perpetual denial. VW only moved electric because of the massive diesel scandal, otherwise they also would have been like every other car manufacturer.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One more child among the thousands died because of Israel.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 128 points 1 week ago (4 children)

When did IDF become a protected minority group? Is saying "Death to Nazis" not allowed in the UK?

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I am already running Snapraid and machines do spindown after sometime, but it's still around 50w.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thank you, this is what I am thinking too. I don't wanna create e-waste, and apart from power consumption, the nas is very handy performance wise and tackles all load.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you, this is what I needed to know. I thought n100 (similar to what dedicated nas has 6-10w) would bring power down considerably, and thanks to you, I now know it's not the case.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I actually have an extension cord with IoT chip. Can measure power consumption via home assistant.

 

I have been using an old PC as NAS and running docker containers (Immich, Nextcloud, paperless-ngx etc.). I got 5 3.5" HDD disks and a Nvme. Even on idle, I am consuming 50-60w. A friend of mine is selling a Qnap NAS which is a dedicated machine and probably consumes less power, although I don't know if it's worth it.

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